Research and New Venture Spring Showcase

The Research and New Venture Showcase provides a forum for the presentation of cutting edge science and later stage projects developed within the UT system and new venture startups looking for support and funding. Each showcase will be organized around a particular technology theme, with half of the program devoted to presentations by researchers and half to presentations by new venture startups. The forum is open to UT system faculty and researchers, and selected early stage investors, venture funding firms, service providers and businesses.

Enhancing the Potential of the Human Mind: Science or Science Fiction?

Friday, April 25, 2008
Frances and Mildred Goad Building
2200 West Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX 75235

Directions to the Center for Brain Health

Have you ever wondered how your brain really works? How we learn, reason and make decisions?

Why some people are readily able to remember names, facts and statistics, while others struggle with such details?

Have you ever wondered why some people are adept with numbers, while others learn new languages more easily?

Have you ever wished you could enhance your memory or other aspects of brain performance?

In April, the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UTD and The Center for Brain Health will present a full-day program to address these and similar questions. Using the latest brain imaging tools and techniques, researchers at from The Center for Brain Health will open "a window into the mind" and take you on a fascinating tour of the human brain, helping you to understand its function, its potential and its limitations. A tour of the laboratory facilities and clinical demonstrations will be included on the day's agenda. Lunch and a networking reception are included.

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Program Outline

• 8:30: Registration/Coffee

• 9:00: Introduction/Welcome
  - Dr. Joseph C. Picken, Excutive Director, IIE

• 9:10: A Unique Approach to BrainHealth Research
  - Dr. John Hart

• 9:30: Facility Tour/Coffee Break

• 10:15: Brain Imaging: A Window into the Mind
  - Dr. Denise Park, Dr. Bart Rympa

• 11:15: The Business Brain: How Do We Learn, Reason And Make Decisions?
  - Dr. Sandi Chapman, Executive Director, Center for BrainHealth
  - Jennifer Zientz

• 12:15: Luncheon

• 1:15: Brain Science in the Business World (panel)
  - Dennis Berman - Trivac
  - Dan Owen - YoYoBrain
  - Tom Hill - Electronic Data Systems
  - Reid Lyon - National Institute of Health

• 2:15: Enhancing Brain Performance - The Tricks of the Trade
  - Dr. Hart, Dr. Park, Dr. Chapman

• 3:00: Q&A Session with BrainHealth Staff

• 3:30: Closing Remarks
  - Dr. Chapman

• 3:35: Networking Reception

The cost for the day's program, including lunch and the networking reception, is $95. Pre-registration is required. Complementary registrations are available for UTD faculty and students.

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Center for BrainHealth

The UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth is focused on understanding, protecting and healing the brain, linking cutting edge technologies with the intellectual talent of scientists and clinicians to advance the state of the art in cognitive treatments and brain repair across diseases. The scope of the Center's research includes the healthy brain, brain injury, ADHD, Autism, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and other disease conditions.

Under the direction of Dr. Sandi Chapman, the Center for BrainHealth has pioneered a novel horizontal approach to uncover commonalities in brain repair, contrasting with traditional approaches which are narrowly focused on a single disease process or patient group. The Center employs functional brain imaging and brain biomarkers to facilitate multidimensional diagnosis and cognitive intervention in both healthy and diseased brains. By establishing protocols for healthy brain function, diagnosing and treating children and adults and providing long term followup, the horizontal approach facilitates discovery, expedites promising new treatments and transfers application across diverse diseases and injuries.

For further information, please visit the center's website at http://www.brainhealth.utdallas.edu/

Behavioral and Brain Sciences at UTD

The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences is concerned with the study of human development throughout the life span, including normal perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, emotional, social, and physiological processes. The school's programs include The Center for BrainHealth and The Callier Center for Communication Disorder. The Callier Center provides sophisticated clinical and neuroscience facilities for research in the communication sciences and disorders and operates outpatient clinics for persons having speech, language, and hearing disorders.